Classics

This edition by Paper Mill Press features a suede-like custom cover, beautiful metallic foiling, and a ribbon marker.  Follow along with Detective Sherlock Holmes in this page turning novel filled with mystery and adventure. This …

A series of brutal incidents - a murder, the trampling of a child - leads lawyer Mr Utterson to try to find out more about the repulsive perpetrator Mr Hyde.More importantly, he begins to question how Hyde is connected to Utterson…

Cherish nostalgic childhood memories with this edition of L. Frank Baum's classic novel. Featuring a suede-like custom cover, beautiful metallic foiling, and a ribbon marker. This book was made for gifting.  The Wonderful Wizard o…

Oscar Wilde's stories for children display the lively wit and wisdom for which his famous plays are celebrated. This collection brings together six poignant tales of love, loss, riches, poverty, hope and happiness.Featuring:• The …

Discover Joseph Heller's hilarious and tragic satire on military madness, and the tale of one man's efforts to survive it.It's the closing months of World War II and Yossarian has never been closer to death. Stationed in an Americ…

One of the greatest epics ever written, now available in Modern Irish This is the story of Cú Chulainn, the Hound of Ulster, and of how he stood his ground, along with his charioteer Lao, against the great host of Ailill and Maev…

A collection of stories, including two of Wilde's most famous: 'The Canterville Ghost', in which a young American girl helps to free the tormented spirit that haunts an old English castle and 'The Happy Prince', who was not as hap…

It is the French Riviera in the 1920s. Nicole and Dick Diver are a wealthy, elegant, magnetic couple. A coterie of admirers are drawn to them, none more so than the blooming young starlet Rosemary Hoyt.When Rosemary falls for Dick…

In Thomas More's hugely influential Utopia, a traveller recounts his discovery of an island nation in which the inhabitants enjoy unprecedented social cohesion and justice. The book imagines a community in which laws, personal rel…

Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. With warmth, tenderness and quiet wit, Oscar Wi…

This distinctive edition of the familiar tale of the princess and the frog makes brilliant use of laser die-cut paper and silhouette-like illustrations to enliven every page. Sybille Schenker's evocative and exquisite illustration…

Widely recognized as a grim masterpiece in gothic fiction, Frankenstein remains a time-honored classic that appeals to generations of readers. In a gripping tale of rejection, monstrosity, and revenge, Mary Shelly presents a profo…

Embark on a wildly imaginative journey with Alice as she tumbles down a rabbit hole and finds herself lost in Wonderland. A whimsical tale of curiosity and self-discovery, even adults can't resist its magic. With unforgettable cha…

Best known for her deeply engaging narrative, Charlotte Bronte continues to inspire readers in this timeless masterpiece about love, family, and independence. Orphaned as a young child, Jane displays great courage as she aims to p…

Follow the story of Emma Woodhouse, a beautiful, wealthy, and single twenty-year-old who is convinced she will never marry. Overly confident in her matchmaking abilities, Emma commits to finding an eligible suitor for her new frie…

Widely recognized as Verne's greatest literary work, Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea presents one of the most alluring adventure tales of all time. The story follows French oceanographer Pierre Aronnax and his assistant, Con…

Herman Melville delivers some of his best literary work in this gripping tale of tragedy and vengeance. The story follows Captain Ahab on an obsessive quest to destroy the unruly White Whale that ravaged the Captain's ship on a pr…

Best known for her lively characters and complex emotional development, Jane Austen continues to captivate readers in this literary masterpiece The story reflects the love and lives of five husband-hunting sisters in the nineteent…

Generally considered to be F. Scott Fitzgerald's finest novel, The Great Gatsby is a consummate summary of the "roaring twenties", and a devastating expose of the Jazz Age. Through the narration of Nick Carraway, the reader is tak…

Widely recognized as a philosophical masterpiece in Gothic literature, The Picture of Dorian Gray presents a twisted take on Victorian morality and controversial topics prevalent during this era. The story follows a charming young…

A brilliant novel describing two parallel love stories, Sense and Sensibility remains a time-honored classic in English literature. The story follows the Dashwood sisters unique experiences with love and heartbreak in their search…

A collection of Middle Eastern folk tales including familiar classics like Aladdin and Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves. Each individual story is told by a different person in a unique style, artfully tied together by the narrator…

Introduction and Notes by Dr Ella Westland, University of Exeter. Illustrations by George Cruickshank. Dickens had already achieved renown with The Pickwick Papers. With Oliver Twist his reputation was enhanced and strengthened. T…

The Jungle Book introduces Mowgli, the human foundling adopted by a family of wolves. It tells of the enmity between him and the tiger Shere Khan, who killed Mowgli's parents, and of the friendship between the man-cub and Bagheera…

'Fifteen men on the dead man's chest-Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!' Treasure Island is a tale of pirates and villains, maps, treasure and shipwreck, and is perhaps the best adventure story ever written. When young Jim Hawkins find…

Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserly old skinflint. He hates everyone, especially children. But at Christmas three ghosts come to visit him, scare him into mending his ways, and he finds, as he celebrates with Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim and …

The magical Peter Pan comes to the night nursery of the Darling children, Wendy, John and Michael. He teaches them to fly, then takes them through the sky to Never-Never Land, where they find wolves, Mermaids and... Pirates. The l…

Jody Tiflin is a ten-year-old boy, living on his father's ranch. One day his father brings home a small pony. He's Jody's, if the boy will learn to feed, clean, stable and care for him. But Jody learns, through the colt, and throu…

One of the BBC's '100 Novels that Shaped the World' Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream. Meet the gamblers, whores, drunks, bums and …

The greatest novel of the twentieth century, now in a beautiful Clothbound Classics centenary edition Following the events of one single day in Dublin, the 16th of June 1904, and what happens to the characters Stephen Dedalus, Leo…